Family Nurse Practitioner Residency Program

Thank you for considering Harbor Health to further your Family Nurse Practitioner education!

Now accepting applications!

Application deadline for the 2020-2021 program: May 15, 2020

What Is The Harbor Health Family Nurse Practitioner Residency Training Program?

The Harbor Health Family Nurse Practitioner Residency Training Program is a 12-month program providing intensive training in the clinical complexity of family practice in the safety net setting and high performance, Patient Centered Medical Home model for primary care.

The program is specifically intended for new family nurse practitioners (FNP) who are committed to developing careers as PCPs in the challenging setting of community health centers and other safety net settings.

The residency is a full-time, 12-month salaried position with a one-year employment commitment after completion of the program.

Expert use of health information technology and the electronic health record

The FNP Residency Program runs from early September to the end of August of the following year.

The residency program has five key components.

Precepted “Continuity Clinics” (4 sessions/week) – These clinics are the cornerstone of the residency. In precepted clinics, the FNP residents develop their own patient panel while having an expert Harbor Health primary care provider (nurse practitioner or physician) exclusively assigned to them.

Mentored Clinics (2 sessions/week) – During mentored clinics, the FNP residents work as a member of a team, and see patients at the delegation of the primary care providers, who remain available for consultations. The focus is on the practice of episodic and acute care visits.

Didactic Education Sessions (1 session/week) – Formal learning sessions on a variety of complex clinical challenges most commonly encountered in FQHCs. The content of the presentations is planned to correspond to the residents’ current clinical experiences.

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Program goals

The Harbor Health FNP Residency has the following goals:

Increase access to quality primary care for underserved and special populations by training FNPs in a FQHC-based residency program that prepares residents for full and autonomous expert care of complex underserved populations across all life cycles and in multiple settings.

Provide new FNPs with the depth, breadth, volume, and intensity of clinical training necessary to serve as primary care providers in the complex setting of the country’s FQHCs.

Train new FNPs to a model of primary care consistent with the Institute of Medicine principles of health care and the needs of vulnerable populations.

Improve the clinical skills, confidence, productivity, and job satisfaction of new FNPs who choose to work in underserved community settings, as well as contribute to employer satisfaction and workforce retention.

Increase the number of FNPs ready to serve in leadership roles in community health settings.

How Do You Apply?

The application deadline for the 2020-2021 residency program is May 15, 2020. Interviews will be held approximately three weeks after the application deadline.

The following items are required to complete the application process for the Harbor Health FNP Residency Program: